What Is Commissioning?

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers ("ASHRAE") defines commissioning as; "a systematic investigation process for optimizing building performance by identifying and implementing relatively low-cost operational and maintenance improvements."

There are several variations of "Commissioning" currently being "pushed" throughout the industry, each focused on different phases of a buildings' life-cycle, including;

New Construction Commissioning, Retro or Re-Commissioning, Existing Building Commissioning and Continuous or On-Going Commissioning.

Each of the above processes focuses on providing customers with testing and documentation required to meet a certain goal or certification level as defined by various professional organizations such as the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), ASHRAE or the Department of Energy's Energy Star programs.

Facilities Commissioning & Technical Services can assist in obtaining any of the above certifications.

While each of these certifications are admirable, they may or may not lead to YOUR facility operating in the best manner to meet your business needs.  As such, we also offer what we believe to be a more practical program for our customers who are more interested in their "bottom line" than having a certificate or a plaque on the wall telling people the followed a process.  Facilities Commissioning & Technical Services calls this program Performance Commissioning.

So  What is Performance Commissioning? 

Performance Commissioning follows all the best practices of the other commissioning processes listed above for verification and documentation, however it provides a sharper focus on working with each of our customers to ensure that they are utilizing their existing systems and tools in the most cost-effective manner to meet the current needs of their facility.  

We accomplish this by teaming with your facilities and management groups to identify current HVAC, electrical, lighting, plumbing systems and building automation systems and tailoring the commissioning program to provide you with the most cost-effective program possible to maximize or enhance your assets and meet your business needs.

                                                      Together we get the job done.